The bill represents the goods, and transfer of the bill is, therefore, equivalent to delivery of the goods to the transferee.
A spokeswoman for the vice president, Margita Thompson, said plans for a transfer of the electricity bills to the Navy began during the Clinton administration.
It eventually led to the passage of the Transfer of Convicted Persons Bill into law.
The scale and range of financial transactions have been further boosted by the establishment in 1968 of the post office's banking arm, National Girobank, which provides an improved money transfer arrangement for the settlement of bills, as well as an account banking system and loan facilities.
Some countries have tried to pass omnibus bills covering the transfer of all state-owned industries to the private sector, but catchall bills cannot allow for individual provisions and prove to be hopelessly unwieldy in parliamentary terms.
Remember Bill Clinton's 1994 crime bill stopping the transfer of handguns by adults to juveniles?
It is also a simple form of cash transfer, however, and potentially the creation of new currencies (minutes, instead of bills), or new means to education and work.
By combining elements of credit with money transfers, bills of exchange became the preferred instrument to arrange cashless payments.
The issue is not a new one, but it gained prominence last month, as bills to require transfer of the embassy picked up support in Congress.
The bill for the transfer of the island to the state and of two historic military forts to the National Park Service is one that all parties finally have approved.
Dec. 31 —For weeks officials here and in Washington have billed tonight's transfer of the Liberty Bell from Independence Hal to a new pavilion across the street as the first Bicentennial event of the new year.
